In 1974 Commercial Bank established its Articles of Association. The founding board members included Sheikh Ali bin Jabor Al-Thani (Chairman), Abdul Ghani Abdul Ghani (Deputy Chairman), Hussain Alfardan (Managing Director), Ahmed bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Nasser bin Faleh Al-Thani, Khalifa Abdullah Al-Attiyah, Jassim Mohammad Jabor Al-Mosallam, Jassem bin Mohamed Al-Jaidah, Omar Al-Mana and Salmeem Al-Sowaidi. They invested 10 million riyals of personal funds for the start-up.